The path params are deleted when modifying the url

[kobenguyent]

I'm not really sure if I missed something but the path params are removed when I edit the url.

Steps:

• Open any request
• Add item to path params
• Edit the url with : to start a path param
• Notice that path param item is gone

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[flawiddsouza]

This issue happens because we let the path params be modified from the path params section. Postman cleverly avoids the problem by preventing modifications to path params. Only allowing them to be added & renamed from the url.

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Postman also has the same problem if we use the bulk edit feature:

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[kobenguyent]

I'd also love the way how Insomnia handles the path params,

• dont let user add/edit path params directly but only from url, I guess the same like Postman
• no bulk edit mode for path params

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[flawiddsouza]

The reason I haven't yet gone ahead and disabled adding and removing path params is because of one drawback. We'll be removing one feature that restfox has that others don't. This:

We can keep multiple values for a single path param if your url doesn't change:

Uncheck the first one to quickly check the same path param with another value. It seems quite useful to be removed.

Also what will users who have already added params like this do if we remove the add, delete and checkbox?